Microsoft spent 69 Billy just so they could finally own geometry wars, change my mind.
XBLA goat
Microsoft can FINALLY make the Zork sequel we’ve all been waiting for
Candy Crush Saga. Guaranteed.
Gonna get automatically re-installed with every single Winfows update for all of eternity.
Ballmer actually really wanted that THPS 3&4 remaster.
The music from that game started to play in my head when I read this.
COD suddenly overrated to PlayStation owners.
Name a good game by a Microsoft studio from the last 5 years that isn’t by Obsidian or someone who used to work at Obsidian
Ori and the Will of the Wisps(Great)
Sunset Overdrive(Good)
Battletoads(Good, at least I enjoyed it)
Forza Horizon 4 and 5(both are good, but definitely feeling a little repetitive and overly done now for me)
Flight SimulatorThat is all I got though. and technically Forza Horizon 4 is 5 years and 12 days.
Sunset Overdrive(Good)
Released in 2014, so while good, doesn’t quite fit the “from the last 5 years” criteria (unless you’re specifically talking about the PC port, which just squeaks in by a month, but I’m not sure that’s quite in the spirit of the discussion).
I didnt actually realise the PC version was a year later(it was the PC release date I was looking at). Well… shit.
Isn’t Ori only published by MS? Moon Studios is a private studio, IIRC.
Although Moon Studios are not owned by Microsoft, the Ori IP is.
Point of Forza, driving cars around in circles will get repetitive after some point tho. I played Horizon 4 much more than 5 because 4 has a ranked system. I’m definitely going to play more Horizon 5 if they have a ranked system.
Psychonauts 2.
3D Ultra Pinball
Come on, how can they list that and not the masterpiece that is 3D Ultra Minigolf?
Seriously though, they’re at least missing quite a bit of Sierra stuff there. Like Impressions Games city builders, or The Incredible Machine.
Wonderful news, I sure did want all those franchises that I loved to be turned to shit before being shelved for eternity.
Blizzard has already been doing that for a while. Also failing with new franchises, not investing in their core games, half assing releases. I hope they actually turn things around for games like Starcraft, Diablo, HotS etc
Blizzard would never have done that if Activision hadn’t been allowed to buy them. The new conglomerate will be worse than we anticipate in the same way Activion-Blizzard was.
Why would they be worse? We have a bunch of good games out of Microsoft. I don’t see how they could fuck it up
Blizzard had pretty much only made amazing games before Activision bought them. Activision also made a lot of good games back then. People couldn’t see how the merger would fick it up back then, yet it still did.
I expect Bethesda to get infected with the worst that Activion-Blizzard has to offer more so than the opposite.
“If there are fewer and fewer games coming out that are more and more exclusive people will just have to buy an Xbox!” --an MBA, probably
Most of those are already shit (Fallout, Diablo, Overwatch, call of duty) or shelved 25+ years ago (Commander Keen, Hexen, Phantasmagoria…). Microsoft’s own games are rather good compared to Activision Blizzar or even Bethesda.
There was a glimpse of prototype in that trailer and I can only dream of a new version of that game
I’m voting for them to revive Soldier of Fortune!
I see your SoF and raise you a Heretic/Hexen revival
In the meantime, check out Amid Evil for an absolutely fantastic Heretic/Hexen like game.
I have more screenshots saved on steam in one playthrough of that game than any other game I’ve played.
My friend recommended Amogus Evil and it’s SOOOO GOOD.
It’s very faithful to Heretic and extremely well done.
I wasn’t singularity to get rebooted and finished
My vote is for Heretic/Hexen.
I remember buying a Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro joystick that came bundled with Interstate '76… Hey MS, up for a revival?
I kid you not, that joystick and MS Flight Simulator 2004 got me through flight school and several ratings.
Imagine leaving Lost Odyssey off of this list.
(Although I suppose maybe you need more than one game to be considered a “franchise” 😢)
I think they published it, but don’t actually own it.
I knows it’s not gonna happen but since they own heretic and he eb now I would love to see a modern day reinterpretation by the guys at id
Is WoW not part of the list?
